Super Bowl XLIII

[Trippy]

Nice challenge.

[Venkman]

Is it just me, or are there actually fewer commercial breaks this year?

Yea, I can totally see why, but I'm just not sure if that's the case.

[Trippy]

Well NBC set a record for most revenue from Super Bowl ad slots sold so if there are fewer this year it's can't be by much.

[Trippy]

Fuck. Well that's why Harrison was Defensive Player of the Year.

[Merusk]

Jesus christ that sucked.

[Montague]

Wow, touchdown stands

[Ozzu]

That's disappointing. The Cardinals are getting the ball first in the 2nd half too. They could have put some distance between then and the Steelers and they end up down double-digits. Ouch. 

[Falconeer]

Am I the only one to think that int return fell 1 inch short of the endzone?

[Ozzu]

Am I the only one to think that int return fell 1 inch short of the endzone?

It looked like he got in to me. It was really close though and probably not conclusive enough in replay to overturn it.

[Abagadro]

Time for the second half of the Puppy Bowl after getting rid of those lame cats.

[Phildo]

Watched much of the first half on a Canadian stream.  The commercials are so inferior, how do you people stand it?

[tazelbain]

Refs have already decided who should win.

[Abagadro]

Other than a marginal roughing call I haven't seen anything that wasn't a legit call.  Warner just looks like the old man that he is.

[Trippy]

Comeback time!

[Triforcer]

This one just got interesting.  But Roethlisberger eats the clock, they kick a FG with about 3 minutes to go, and game is over.

EDIT:  Arizona forced the punt.  Magic time.  Also, watching the Super Bowl (and by "watching" I mean "looking at CNNSI play by play updates") at 11:30 AM in the morning in a Tokyo office is the least fun viewing experience ever.

[Trippy]

Fuck ya!

[Triforcer]

FITZGERALD!!!

The ONE Super Bowl in the last decade I can't watch...is the one serving up the Epic.  We may see OT yet, with a three point game.

[Abagadro]

Crazy game.

[Triforcer]

And Roethlisberger proves he still has a bit of magic too.  Driving, driving, driving...

[Trippy]

FFFFUUUCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!

[Trippy]

Ah well. I actually don't mind the Steelers and they were my favorite team in the 70s but I wanted to postpone them breaking the tie with the Niners (and Cowboys) for most Super Bowl wins for as long as possible.

[Triforcer]

Tough call on who to give the MVP too...probably Holmes.  That 40 yarder and the 6 yarder were both incredible (or so I've read).

[Phildo]

 

[K9]

Tough call on who to give the MVP too...probably Holmes.  That 40 yarder and the 6 yarder were both incredible (or so I've read).

Holmes

Overall an exciting game to watch.

[Special J]

Refs have already decided who should win.

Yes. It's always the ref's fault.

That was a good football game.  I wanted the Cards to win it but didn't think they would.  They didn't, but wow, how close can you get?

[Merusk]

Well, at least they didn't beat the spread.  Hahaha. 

[K9]

[Malakili]

Referees were absolutely awful the entire game, on both sides.  The Cardinals got it a little worse.  Also, I can't believe the last play of the game wasn't reviewed.

[Hoax]

Ref's were horrible, way too many penalties called and some of the shit was very weak.

I was pretty sure that the int wasn't returned all the way.  I felt that the one angle showed the elbow of the arm that wasn't holding the  ball go down barely in the endzone.  With the other arm far enough back it seemed like it wasn't in.  However nobody else of our 8 saw it that way so I accept that was probably wishful.  OTOH there were some weak calls in the Steelers favor and though it wouldn't have meant much I can't believe they ruled that last play a fumble.

[murdoc]

That was a pretty darn entertaining Super Bowl, and really, that's all I ask.

[Signe]

That was a pretty darn entertaining Super Bowl, and really, that's all I ask.

I agree.  I thought it was great fun.  Of course, I was cheering for Pittsburgh after I was forced to stop cheering for Philadelphia.  Dammit.  So much chatter about the losers though, not enough about the winners.  I bet the Cardinals were all in the locker room singing "We Aren't the Champions". 

Anyway - that 3D stuff looks so different than the older 3D stuff!  It's actually watchable without special glasses!  (well, if you discount awkward posing and strange close-ups)  I rented a film (I forget what it was but I remember it wasn't good)  that had 3D on one side and normal on the other side of the DvD.  I put the 3D side on first by mistake and it wasn't watchable at all.  I thought the 3D adverts were pretty amazing in comparison.

[HaemishM]

That was a damn good Super Bowl game. Even when it was 20-7, it was still close. Hell, Arizona got within one good defensive play of being up 14-10.

I thought the refs did a great job with the game. None of the replay calls were wrong - and the ones that were in question really could have gone either way but just weren't conclusive. They actually DID review that last play by Warner and called it a fumble, and again, I could have seen that one go either way as well.

Apparently, Arizona is $40 million UNDER the salary cap, and you can bet some of those guys will get a pay raise. But even then, they'll still have money to spend next season. I think they are going to keep Warner another year and try to swing Leinart in when they can, but with guys like Fitzgerald and Boldin, this team could be good for a while - if the Cardinals' curse doesn't kill them next year.

Santonio Holmes is finally stepping up to be the guy I thought he'd be when they drafted him. And Big Ben - he just wins games. At least his performance was decent, unlike his last Super Bowl win. He now has more Super Bowl rings that Peyton Manning AND Brett Favre.

[shiznitz]

This game played like the Arizona Philly game, except Arizona was Philly this time. Great game. I was hoping the Cards would win but the Steelers earned it.

[Triforcer]

I think Big Ben is still vaguely dissatisfied about things in general.  People still perceive him as more of a "he was there on a team with an awesome defense and didn't make mistakes" type of QB, not a Manning or Brady type.  He's the best scrambling QB in football, bar none, but I still can't help but feel he will never get the adulation that those two get.   

[stu]

What happened to be a fantastic game may have been even better for some standard definition viewers in Arizona.

Comcast apologizes for Ariz. porn interruption during Super Bowl

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A cable television provider apologized Monday to Tucson-area customers over a 30-second porn interruption during the Super Bowl.

Philadelphia-based Comcast said it was conducting a thorough investigation "and will aggressively pursue all leads until we come to resolution." In separate statements, the company said it was "mortified" and "appalled" by the interruption.

"Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act," Jennifer Khoury, Comcast's vice president for corporate communications, said.

The company said only customers in the Tucson area receiving the standard definition feed -- not high definition -- were affected.

Comcast has some 80,000 customers in unincorporated portions of Pima County, Marana and Oro Valley, but a company spokeswoman, Kelle Maslyn, declined to say how many standard definition customers there are or how many of those customers may have been watching the game.

Late Monday, Khoury said Comcast had decided to offer any Tucson customer who gets the standard definition service a $10 credit. The affected customers can receive the credit by calling a special telephone number or a Comcast call center, and are entitled to the money whether or not they watched the Super Bowl.

"The Super bowl is a family viewing event ... We can't undo what happened, but we remain deeply sorry for the impact this situation has had on our customers," Khoury said.

She said the credit was intended to "demonstrate to our customers, and to the Tucson community, how seriously we take this situation."

Tucson media outlets reported that they received calls from irate viewers about the pornographic material, which aired just after the Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald scored on a long touchdown reception during the final minutes of the game.

In Washington, Federal Communications Commission spokesman David Fiske said he was not aware of any complaints having been filed with the FCC as of Monday afternoon.

"At this point we just have no information," he said. If the agency receives complaints, review procedures will be followed.

"Every case concerning enforcement or indecency is fact-specific," he said, and added, "we can't ever speculate."

Khoury also said it was too soon to discuss a number of unanswered issues, ranging from how and why the incident occurred to what the source was and how the company's security system was breached.

Other questions include whether the interruption could have emanated from any broadcast provided for on-demand customers and whether any employees of the company might face discipline, depending on the investigation's outcome.

Fiske could not say whether the FCC potentially could impose a fine or other disciplinary action. "It depends on what the facts are," he said.

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